consisting rewarded guide to have race

Kalaraq Quori

Monsters Eberron: Rising from the Last War

guide the quori race, and the Devourer of Dreams — the personal emissary of the Dreaming Dark — is of this order. Although the kalaraqs never fight one another overtly, each has its own agenda, and

Halfling Legacy

Species Basic Rules (2014)

, even by the standards of his diminutive race, with the fluff of his curly brown locks barely cresting the three-foot mark, but his belly was amply thickened by his love of a good meal, or several, as

land beyond their quiet shires. They typically don’t recognize any sort of halfling nobility or royalty, instead looking to family elders to guide them. Families preserve their traditional ways

Bugbear Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Gang Mentality Since bugbears aren’t a particularly fecund race, their overall population is small and spread over a wide area. Bugbears live in family groups that operate much like gangs. The

individuals in a group typically number fewer than a dozen, consisting of siblings and their mates as well as a handful of offspring and an elder or two. A gang lives in and around a small enclosure

Locations of the North

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder

Adventurer’s Guide. Not depicted on the maps are scores of tiny hamlets and hundreds of isolated homesteads scattered throughout the North. These places are too small to be of consequence. Even so

, adventurers traveling along a road or a trail might come across a tiny settlement consisting of a handful of homesteads built around an inn or tavern where locals gather. (If you need a tavern name, use the

Introduction

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation Supplement

Package is written for Dungeon Masters who want to know more about the Snout of Omgar. This supplement also introduces a new playable character race, the tortle, and a new adventure location: Dangwaru

, the Typhoon Palace. Tortles are intelligent, turtle-like humanoids that have a knack for wilderness survival. The race first appeared in early editions of the D&D game, nowhere more prominently than

Astral Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Boo’s Astral Menagerie

Astral Adventurer’s Guide for ship descriptions). Creatures marked with an asterisk (*) appear in this book; the rest are described in the Monster Manual. Any creature marked with a dagger (†) can serve

as a spelljammer because it is a spellcaster. If a Humanoid has no specified race, it can be of any race you choose.

About This Book

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos

About This Book This book is your guide to life at Strixhaven in Dungeons & Dragons—an introduction to the university, a guide to creating student characters there, a campaign, and a collection of

friends and foes. Chapter 1 gives an overview of life and study at Strixhaven. It introduces the main features of the central campus and each of the five colleges. Chapter 2 is your guide to creating a

Yuan-ti Pureblood Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

body, thought, and emotion. Freed from the limitations of their human bodies, the yuan-ti used their new abilities to conquer new lands and expand their borders. One Race, Many Forms The bodies of all

or in daily life, the following principles guide the yuan-ti in all they do. Other Lives Are Cheap Yuan-ti put little value on humanoid lives, even those of their own slaves and cultists. They would

Worshiping Athreos

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros

five lost coins, called the Athrean Obols. It’s said that any who bring the River Guide one of the coins will be rewarded with a wish for anything Athreos can grant—even exception from death. Death’s

River Guide cares only for the single coin he’s owed by any who board his skiff. During the feast of the Necrologion, which gives its name to the eighth month in the calendar of Meletis, pious souls

Using This Book

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Spelljammer: Adventures in Space->Astral Adventurer’s Guide

Using This Book Most of the Astral Adventurer’s Guide is designed to be shared with players. Think of this book’s chapters as a primer for creating characters and running adventures in the uncharted

void that surrounds each of the worlds of the Material Plane: Chapter 1 contains new material for players, including two backgrounds and six race options. Chapter 2 gives players and DMs rules for

Aasimar

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron

Aasimar In Eberron, aasimar aren’t a race as such. Rather, each aasimar is a unique individual touched by a celestial power. An aasimar bound to the Silver Flame has a couatl as an angelic guide

the nature of their angelic guide. An aasimar might appear to be a normal human or elf until they unleash their celestial gifts. Most people have heard stories of aasimars, but have never actually met one.

Attitude and Race

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh

Attitude and Race Each ship’s crew and passengers have an attitude that guides how they interact with the characters. Friendly ships seek to trade or share news, neutral ones attack if they feel

table to determine the nature of the crew. The race chosen or rolled need not be the only one found on the ship, and you might use a table multiple times to make a ship’s crew and passengers more

Random Encounters in Sorcere

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

Madness table in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide to determine how the madness is expressed. Shadow Demon A bound servant of a drow mage, this demon attempts to hide from the characters, then

(your choice of race) are on an errand for their drow mage master when they run into the party by accident. If the characters state that they have legitimate business in Sorcere, the slaves answer

Infinite Staircase Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase

guide the characters to a door of their choosing. The angel plays melodies on its harp during the journey. 50–56 An aspect of the Iron Shadow, a young red shadow dragon, rises from a staircase shrouded

lost unit of the Great Modron March consisting of 1d8 duodrones and 1d6 tridrones proceeds down the staircase, cataloging its every door. 71–77 The staircase ahead disappears into a 60-foot sphere of

With Friends Like These

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus

With Friends Like These Characters who wait for Tarina’s pirate friends find their patience rewarded in due time. Read the following to the players when it’s time for the pirates to arrive: Eight

ship (see chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). If you need a deck plan, use the ship map in appendix C of the Dungeon Master’s Guide. Although the ship is worth 10,000 gp intact, no one in Baldur’s Gate wants to buy it because of its infamous reputation.

Chapter 1: Welcome to the Realms

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide

and goblinoids, or mighty creatures such as giants and dragons. Ruins dot the landscape and the caverns that wind beneath the surface. In these places, treasures of every living race — and a number of

believe that any stalwarts willing to risk their lives on behalf of complete strangers should be lauded and rewarded. But such adventurers, if they become successful, amass wealth and personal status

Other Routes

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

characters take Grin Ousstyl with them, not so much as a guide but to help the party talk its way past drow patrols. The demonic invasion has put Menzoberranzan’s defenses on high alert, making it even

against attacks from the cavern. If the drow scouts escape and the characters don’t follow them, the scouts report to the outpost commander, who organizes a hunting party consisting of her and eight drow

25. Main Temple

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild

area 24. Alcove In the east wall, a narrow corridor leads to a tiny chapel room where the temple’s first high priest communed with Moloch. After the priest’s death, Moloch rewarded their faithful

worth 5,000 gp each. Manipulating Time Having a mechanical guide spend 1 charge in this area forces the eidolon to either enter or leave the sacred statue. Doing so causes the eidolon to attack if it is not already in combat with the characters. Statue of Moloch

Upper Level

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

” column of the Treasure Hoard, Challenge 0–4 table in the Dungeon Master’s Guide. If the room contains jewelry, there is a 50 percent chance it is in a locked jewelry box requiring thieves’ tools and a

and richly rewarded for their devotion. 14. Laundry Room Chultans are as scrupulous about their clothing as about their bodies — a fastidiousness that’s almost essential, given how much everyone sweats

Goblin Legacy

Species Volo's Guide to Monsters

. Beast Masters and Slave Drivers Goblins know they are a weak, unsophisticated race that can be easily dominated by bigger, smarter, more organized, more ferocious, or more magical creatures. Their god

Adventurer’s Guide.) Use one of the warlock stat blocks in appendix B to represent this goblin, adding darkvision and the Nimble Escape traits common to all goblins. Booyahg Booyahg Booyahg. This

Life in San Citlán

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel

loved ones if they honor them with an ofrenda: food and drink enjoyed in life, among other traditional offerings, presented on elaborate altars that guide souls back to the world. The days leading up to

they have no recollection of the afterlife. Governance and Growth San Citlán is governed by the Trecena, a council consisting of thirteen elected representatives. The ability to vote for these

The Darkening

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Locathah Rising

with coral. No other creatures can be seen within the darkness, and the silence here is broken only by the turbulence of the water around you. A group consisting of two sahuagin blademasters, two

Dungeon Master’s Guide). Assuming the players have locathah characters, they’ll need to use some kind of magic to see inside the area.

Buying a Special Item

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation

can be purchased in Port Nyanzaru for 50 gp. It holds up to six Medium creatures and has a maximum speed of 2 mph. It is otherwise identical to a rowboat (see chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide

consisting of a 5-foot-square leather tarp and a wooden frame with legs. When the tarp is stretched across the wooden frame, it forms a basin that can catch 2 gallons of drinking water per inch of

Franchise Downtime

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

dragon wants to settle (using the sowing rumors activity from the Dungeon Master’s Guide), hoping to get the locals used to the idea. Altared States Characters interested in the strange altar under

Waterdeep can undertake research to study its mysterious runes, which can lead to information regarding That-Which-Endures (see the sidebar in the “New Race: Verdan” section in chapter 3.) Gorkoh the

The Dark Dominion

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

a patrol consisting of 2d4 drow led by a drow elite warrior. The patrol stops and questions any non-drow who aren’t slaves, as well as drow they deem suspicious. It might take roleplaying or a

have transformed into spore servants. They silently observe the party but don’t attack the characters unless threatened. Escaped Slaves A group of 1d4 commoners (of any race) attempts to hide from the

Random Encounters

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

plunder its hoard: 4d6 × 1,000 gp, 5d6 × 100 pp, 3d6 500 gp gems, and 1d6 magic items (determine each one by rolling on Magic Item Table C in chapter 7 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). Demons One or

of the Underdark” in chapter 2) 5–6 3d6 exotic fungi (choose from the varieties in “Fungi of the Underdark” in chapter 2) Gnoll Pack A hunting pack consisting of one gnoll pack lord and 3d6 gnolls

Bugbears

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

aren’t a particularly fecund race, their overall population is small and spread over a wide area. Bugbears live in family groups that operate much like gangs. The individuals in a group typically number

fewer than a dozen, consisting of siblings and their mates as well as a handful of offspring and an elder or two. A gang lives in and around a small enclosure, often a natural cave or an old bear den

Infiltrating Dran Enterprises

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated

called “failure points,” which are used to represent the race against the Six and determine which side finds the headquarters first. The resolution of that search is described in the “On Board The

area of the docks around the three ships is patrolled by two groups of Dran Enterprises operatives, each consisting of four guards and four mastiffs. Crates and equipment piled along the docks can

Seven Things to Know

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War

-war world. D&D with a Twist. Every race, monster, spell, and magic item in the Player’s Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide, and Monster Manual has a place somewhere in Eberron, but it might not be the

humans and lycanthropes, a union that grants them limited bestial abilities and feral instincts. The warforged are a constructed race created during the Last War, seeking to find its place in a post

Prepare to Be Scared

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft

character who possesses particular fears and uses them to guide their responses to horrific scenes might earn inspiration for reinforcing the adventure’s frightful atmosphere. The DM might not employ these

originate from. The DM can provide details from chapter 3 to help inform your decision. Although humans predominate many of the Domains of Dread, adventurers in Ravenloft can belong to any race in the

The Knight as Narrative Device

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things

The Knight as Narrative Device The Dungeon Master’s Guide details how the nonplayer character summoned by the Knight card of a Deck of Many Things appears. But as discussed in chapter 2, the cards of

should encounter this ally soon after drawing the card—within a few days or even sooner. Grateful Ally Your good deeds shall be rewarded; gratitude becomes guardianship. This ally is grateful to the

Index of Stat Blocks — Monsters and NPCs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica

offers new race and class options, reflecting the unique character of Ravnica as a Magic setting, and the creatures and characters seen on Magic cards. You can also use this material in any other D&D

setting. Race and class are only the skeleton of a character, though, and chapter 2 is aimed at helping you add flesh to those bones in order to make a character who is an integrated part of Ravnica’s

Hirelings

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Laboratory of Kwalish

from within the coffin and help guide the expedition, the coffin obeys only the commands of the party members. Cold, calculating, and manipulative, the vampire aids the party as long as he believes he

instead be found in the foothills, in the possession of outlaws seeking the monastery who use the vampire as their guide. If he joins the expedition from the start, the vampire might lead the characters

7. Zhentarim Enclave

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss

after failing to assassinate a house rival. Fraz-Urb’luu’s gem has afflicted her with a form of indefinite madness (see “Madness” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). She is convinced that

twelve storage sheds are described below: Shed 1 contains the Zhents’ supplies, consisting of 2d10 × 10 pounds of food in the form of dried meats, plucked chickens, fresh fruit and vegetables, and

Orc Lairs

Compendium - Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters

and one that is wholly or partly underground, an orc chieftain typically opts for the latter. If the surface location happens to be a ruin left behind by another race, orcs are more likely to use it

enclosed sleeping area is a shrine to Gruumsh consisting of a crude stone effigy of He Who Watches, surrounded by bloody offerings. Caves for Followers of Luthic Orcs who worship Luthic are

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